New women for a new Sinn Féin? The 2014 European Elections in the Republic of Ireland

PSA Women and Politics Member Claire McGing (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) reflects on the 2014 European Elections in the Republic of Ireland, and asks whether we are seeing the emergence of a 'new' (and feminized) Sinn Féin. ** Recent studies document the increasing feminisation of political parties with a long-standing ‘woman problem’. Sarah Childs and…